If you've ever been to a hospital, you've likely come across a pulse oximeter before. It's the little device they put on your finger with the red light. It's a non-invasive, pain-free way to measure ...

The Food and Drug Administration convened an advisory panel this month to discuss concerns that pulse oximeters may be less accurate in people with dark skin pigmentation. The agency asked panelists ...

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimani Toussant’s wife, an epidemiologist, brought him an article about how pulse oximeters appeared to be less accurate in people with darker skin. The small ...

The doctors and nurses didn’t believe Tomisa Starr was having trouble breathing. Two years ago, Starr, 61, of Sacramento, California, was in the hospital for a spike in her blood pressure. She has ...

A pulse oximeter measures blood oxygen levels at home and in healthcare settings. Abnormally low readings on a pulse oximeter might require medical care, especially if they are below 92%. Skin color ...

In a suit filed against CVS, Walgreens, GE Healthcare and many other medical technology companies and sellers of pulse oximeters – devices that use light to measure oxygen saturation in the blood – ...